Yep, and you can save money by taking the bus everywhere, too, instead of driving your own car or motorcycle.
I've been flying since 1974, and there's not a day in my life that I regret learning this skill. And it has nothing to do with just flying around on weekends, or pursuing a flying career.
Learning to fly is a life changing experience. It changes your perspective on the world, teaches self-discipline, makes you appreciate the laws of physics and the way the world works. But most of all, it helps you avoid getting trapped in a defeatist mindset engineered by those who aspire to be our masters.
Looking at the world from an altitude of a few thousand feet is an intimate experience. The rivers, towns, lakes, hills, mountains, and fields are just where you left them the last time you flew. You begin to realize that most of the issues that vex you are manmade, and nothing restores balance and sanity like leaving them below while you recharge your spirit.
And having personal, on-demand, aerial mobility is downright liberating. You can taste this rare freedom while being in absolute control of your immediate destiny. There's not much else in life that compares with this exercise in mixing freedom with personal responsibility, and I'm convinced it makes for the best kind of responsible people.
Of course, there are those who are either jealous of this freedom or think that flight should be the sole province of the elite. To them I say come taste it yourself. Take a few introductory flights for a couple hundred bucks and try it on and see how it fits. If you're not addicted by the end of the second or third lesson, then maybe it's not for you.
Sure, you can think about an aviation career or a way to get from A to B faster, but to me, these are distractions from the true value of being an aviator.
An angle I would have never even thought of. Thanks for your insight - aviation is truly a modern miracle.
I could not agree more....but it ain’t cheap!!!
Thanks for the flight. I really enjoyed it.